Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 358 Spinach Storm, Alliance Shaken

The director did nothing, and the staff did not dare to step forward to stop it. On camera, only the commentator shouted helplessly, trying to persuade everyone to calm down.

The scene was chaotic, and the live stream was also in constant turmoil.

FPX, who just won the S9 championship, was criticized by the champion's fans for nothing just because of four games.

The trend reached its peak when the JD.com staff walked out of the camera and headed towards the soundproof room.

"Shady! Shady!"

"Match-fixing! Match-fixing! Match-fixing!"

"Refund! Refund! Refund!"

Whether it was someone directing or the audience on site united as one, even disregarding the scene, the shouts from the live broadcast room were so loud that the commentators could hardly drown them out.

Colonel Guan looked at Changmao beside him with an embarrassed expression, signaling Changmao to quickly contact the director to see what to do now.

You're about to shake hands with both sides, it wouldn't be right not to give them some screen time, would it?

But if it is given, the on-site sound recording will transmit all the sounds to the ears of the viewers in the live broadcast room.

Fortunately, the director had a brilliant idea and devised a clever plan to silence the live broadcast.

But even they didn't expect that when the camera focused on the two teams, FPX and JD Gaming, shaking hands, top laner Hanzi was unaware of the situation and was still chatting and laughing with Xiaotian next to him.

Everyone else looked defeated and helpless, but only Hanzi looked like that, which immediately sparked an even bigger conflict.

in the screen.

A white object flew over and hit the glass. Then, like a rainstorm, the audience in the front row, in their anger, threw their beverage bottles at the soundproof booth.

The Demacia Cup venue was already a temporary structure, and now it's teetering on the brink of collapse under this attack.

bark.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the director decisively ended the Demacia Cup broadcast and turned off the streaming.

Security guards entered the venue and began forcing all spectators to leave.

The two teams, who were still shaking hands, stopped shaking hands, and could not even conduct post-match interviews. They could only go home and prepare to leave the stadium.

On the other side, the already chaotic live stream room was further engulfed by the shutdown of the screen, which was like adding fuel to the fire, and for a moment, it was filled with curses.

The few people sitting in the Edg club watching the game looked at each other in bewilderment.

With their keen senses, Li Luo and Abu immediately sensed an impending storm.

What happened today may not be a coincidence!
The incident of "actors" (players intentionally throwing matches) in the Chinese server is escalating, extending beyond professional players' games to include even slightly well-known streamers.

Driven by greed, these individuals abandoned their principles, exploiting actors to manipulate wins and losses, control the odds of winning and losing, and other random betting methods to make money.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking environment in the Chinese server has also been utterly ruined by these people.

Now, these people have not only dared to interfere in the competition, but are also attempting to use public opinion pressure to force the officials to replay the match.

Thinking about it this way, the nature of the matter is completely different.

It's even possible that this wave of public opinion could turn against Edg. If Edg loses a game one day, they might face the same situation they are in now.

Thinking of this, Abu also felt a sense of crisis and summoned everyone.

"For tomorrow's game, Scout, Mingkai, Jian Zihao, and Flandre, you four don't need to play; you'll be in the rotation. Xiye, Jiejie, Xiaoxiang, and BBD, you four will play."

Abu announced.

This is a normal rotation process.

As a long-established esports powerhouse, Edg actually has a very deep bench and a well-developed player system.

Players like Hope and iboy were actually promoted from the second team. After selling two of them, there are still youth training Ad players waiting to make their debut in the second team.

In the past, the Demacia Cup was not only a training ground for teams, but also a chance for teams to acquire promising players and then sell them for high transfer fees when the time was right.

This is a standard practice for clubs to make money.

The reason for not replacing all the key players, but keeping only Mei Kou, is to avoid giving others any ammunition to criticize.

The Demacia Cup has now become a huge vortex.

Even if you win, the audience won't buy into your record. On the contrary, if you lose, you'll be caught in the storm and end up with nothing to show for it.

"Ok"

"arrow"

"no problem"

Including Li Luo, none of them had any objections; in fact, they were quite happy.

Playing in competitions is very tiring, especially in a tournament like the Demacia Cup, which is like a playoff with a very demanding format.

In addition, the Demacia Cup championship is not like winning the Spring Split and qualifying for MSI, or winning the Summer Split and qualifying for Worlds. Winning it is just a dry championship honor.

Soon after the details were agreed upon, in the afternoon, Edg Club's official Weibo account released the lineup for the semifinals, which immediately caused a huge uproar.

Edg Esports Club: #2019 Demacia Cup# Adhering to the original intention of training players and cultivating fresh blood for the LPL, Edg Club will replace the jungler, top laner, mid laner and AD player in the Demacia Cup semi-finals. Our second team xiye, bdd, Xiaoxiang and jiejie will take their place in the competition.

Youth is full of dreams, and the league is priceless. Edg Club has always upheld the principles of integrity and competitive play.
As soon as the article was published, the remaining clubs, including JD Gaming, began to put pressure on the team, basically replacing all the first team players with the second team players.

Actors, gambling, and betting—these issues have been active in the league since the beginning, but due to the official inaction, they have only intensified.

Now, some viewers, led by these individuals, have begun to openly cause trouble, completely crossing the line.

"What the heck? Wasn't it agreed that one team would be used to defeat the Demacia Cup champion? Why aren't any teams fielding their first team?"

"The people from the betting industry have already shown up at the competition venue. I'm thinking, what's the point of this competition? We might as well just disband it."

"I wanted to see the factory manager and the puppy dominate the game, no way!"

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With the competition over, Li Luo started a live stream. Within ten minutes, a large number of viewers flooded in and filled the screen with comments.

Because of Edg's truly amazing performance in today's match, even some veteran League of Legends fans who don't usually pay attention to gossip were taken aback.

"Just finished a match today and I'm a bit tired. No scrims, so I'll just play some ranked games."

Seeing the screen full of question marks, Li Luo naturally knew what the viewers wanted to know.

"Yes, bringing up the second team is also for the team's consideration. There's a rule now that only players who have appeared in the Demacia Cup or LDL three times can play in the LPL. So, for the sake of roster depth, it's reasonable for Edg to adjust their roster. I'm not the coach now, so please don't ask me about it~"

Upon hearing Li Luo's words, the fans in the live stream, who were not unreasonable, expressed their understanding and started posting other topics.

Li Luo continued streaming until 11 PM, only ending the stream at the viewers' urging. "I must have been targeted. Sure enough, it's not easy for a Chinese person like me to consistently dominate the Korean rankings."

The record for the night was 4 wins and 2 losses. Overall, the rank score is still steadily rising.

However, the problem with these two losses is obvious: some people were faking it, and some people didn't want to play.

Li Luo had no way to deal with these kinds of people and could only hope that the authorities could fix the server environment as soon as possible.

Before he transmigrated, the main world hadn't witnessed the egregious events that have unfolded today with FPX and JD Gaming, but back then, not only did the Chinese server have actors, but the Korean server also had a considerable number of director teams.

The official Korean server administrators had no choice but to ban IP addresses from other countries from accessing the Korean server, resulting in even professional players being severely impacted.

Now, by a twist of fate, the actor's gambling scandal has erupted, and the official crackdown may come sooner than expected.

The factory manager's skill, the pig farmer's skill, requires him to reach the top rank in the Korean server.

The condition for closing the skill is also dropping out of the top spot on the Korean server. With the help of this skill, he improved his skill rating by nearly 3 points in just 7 games.

After glancing at the current rank points leaderboard on the Korean server, Li Luo felt relieved.

First place: champion7, rank points: 1890

Second place: ddoop, rank score: 1540 points

Third place: tarzan, rank points: 1480

His score is more than 300 points ahead of the second place. Given the current state of the Korean server, it might take at least a month to surpass him.

Therefore, even if LPL players are banned from logging into the Korean server, their skills will not be disabled for the time being.

The following day, for the matches between RNG and RW, and between IG and SN, the organizers forced all live audience members to receive refunds.

The Demacia Cup venue was completely empty except for the players.

Both teams fielded their second-string lineups, and RNG's new addition, Jackylove, was unable to showcase his skills, much to the disappointment of some of the weaker players.

On the other side, Rw was even more isolated; four out of their five players were completely unknown to the audience, who couldn't even recall their names.

The official commentators have changed from veteran commentators to interns, which naturally diminishes the scale of the Demacia Cup quarterfinals, making it less exciting than the live stream competitions hosted by streaming platforms.

Edg's quarterfinal match was so popular, exciting, and featured such a star-studded lineup that it became the highlight of the 2019 Demacia Cup.

Neither team lived up to the audience's expectations, and the series went all the way to the fifth game of the best-of-five series, with even the intern commentators being carried off the stage and replaced one after another.

After the match, RNG, who had won, sent a new top laner whom no one had ever seen before to participate in the interview, and the interview was rushed.

In the afternoon's IG vs. Suning match, some people who came to watch TheShy without knowing the news were even more disappointed, and the live stream chat was filled with insults.

After the match, IG lost to Suning 1-3.

With this, the four semi-finalists for the Demacia Cup have been determined.

Upper bracket: Edg vs. JDG
Lower bracket; RNG vs. Suning
The day's competition has ended, and the officials still haven't come up with any countermeasures, remaining passive in their approach.

Naturally, none of the four teams indicated that they would field a full team, and they retained two teams to participate.

Saturday, the day of the match.

Edg's second team and JD Gaming's second team will compete.

Unlike Edg, which has players like Xiye and Jiejie Meikou who are already first-team members, JDG didn't have enough bench players and could only bring on some mediocre players, so they were easily defeated 3-0 by Edg.

On the other hand, the battle between RNG and Suning was not as clean and decisive as in the first half.

After RNG lost the first game, they immediately changed their ADC, bringing in JackeyLove to form a bot lane duo with Ming.

They called it "military training."

With Ah Shui on board, RNG seemed to transform into a completely different team, instantly gaining cohesion.

RNG fans are no strangers to this kind of cohesion, which is often referred to as "four protecting one".

The core of the team is the "four protectors and one supporter," while the "Ad" (presumably referring to a specific player) comes and goes.

Already at his peak, Ah Shui possessed extraordinary strength. After gaining an advantage in equipment, he lived up to his price tag and delivered a performance commensurate with his status.

The score was now tied at 1-1.

Considering RNG's behavior, Suning on the other side was also a bit angry.

You said everyone was sending their second teams to play in order to put pressure on the league, but you got angry after losing one game and sent in your first team. Isn't that just being a sore loser?
So in the third game, Suning didn't hold back and put their newly acquired jungler, SofM, on the field, and replaced their ADC with iboy to compete against RNG.

With iboy in the bottom lane, and the former world's best support Snake, it's no longer easy for Xiaoming and JackeyLove to gain an advantage in the bottom lane.

As for the jungler, Xiaolongbao lacked experience and was completely dominated by SofM. He was even solo-killed in the jungle, which greatly disappointed all the viewers who had expected their FMVP fellow disciples to be incredibly strong.

The score is now back to 1-2.

In the third game, RNG fielded their main lineup: top laner Langx, jungler Xiaolongbao, mid laner Xiaohu, and bot lane duo JackeyLove and Ming.

On the other side, Suning also showed their fighting spirit, bringing on Bin and mid-laner Black Angel. Both sides fielded their first-team players, making their lineups evenly matched.

In the fourth round, starting from level one, all the viewers could clearly see that both teams were giving it their all.

Whether in terms of draft picks or tactical choices, their level is no less than that of the playoffs.

Even the laning and ganking rhythm is no longer so scattered, but has become tense and rhythmic.

Originally, the bottom lane was supposed to be Suning's weak point in S10, but after iboy joined, it became a very stable point.

SofM then focused most of his energy on the top lane and jungle, leaving Xiaolongbao and Langx feeling terrified.

As a domestic top laner, Bin was still inexperienced at this point, but once he gained an advantage, he became incredibly aggressive. The veteran Langx couldn't withstand him, and this became the starting point for RNG's collapse.

After a series of collapses, RNG can only pin their hopes on JackeyLove in the bot lane, hoping that he can shoulder the responsibility of saving the world, just like Uzi.

Unfortunately, under these circumstances, Shui Zi not only failed to turn pressure into motivation, but also made two small mistakes in a row, directly burying the dragon.

At 28 minutes, Suning, with the Baron buff, pushed forward and took down RNG's Nexus.

3-1, overwhelming strength, Suning and Edg advance to the finals!

Viewers who initially had no intention of watching the Demacia Cup were now drawn in by the antics of the RNG and Suning teams.

Coupled with the previous betting scandal, the 2019 Demacia Cup became the focus of everyone's attention.

It's already the finals, will Edg use the same lineup as before? Or will Suning field their second team this time, regardless of the outcome?

Amidst everyone's anticipation, before the club's official Weibo account could even release the final lineup, the official restructuring was announced with great fanfare right after the match!
I consulted the editor, so please don't ask me why I didn't make any changes... Just consider it a parallel world, as if it never happened. Thank you!
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